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Chicago: Kia Track'ster concept is a self-contained 250-hp AWD track star

info@autoblog.com (John Neff) — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:25:00 +0100

Filed under: Concept Cars, Performance, Hatchback, Kia It's not like we needed any more reason to like the Soul, but Kia went ahead and debuted the Track'ster concept at the 2012 Chicago Auto Show [...]

The Art Of Men Riding In Trucks Car Art

ray@jalopnik.com (Ray Wert) — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:15:00 +0100

The fine folks at Animal New York pointed us to Alejandro Cartagena, a Mexican photographer who works in the poorly-planned, sullen-teen-roaming suburban communities near Monterrey, [...]

Supermodel Maryeve Dufault Joins NASCAR Video

ray@jalopnik.com (Raphael Orlove) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:45:00 +0100

Rising up from ARCA stock car racing to the NASCAR Nationwide Series, there is a new reason why people may tangentially care about NASCAR. Her name is Maryeve Dufault and this is [...]

Watch Toyota's CEO Hoon The GT 86 Video

ray@jalopnik.com (Raphael Orlove) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:30:00 +0100

This is Akio Toyoda, CEO and President of Toyota, one of the three largest automakers in the world, dirt-tracking a Toyota GT 86/Scion FR-S. The only thing better? Toyoda then takes it [...]

Report: Volkswagen to unveil production Golf GTI Cabriolet in Geneva

info@autoblog.com (Noah Joseph) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:01:00 +0100

Filed under: Convertible, Performance, Geneva Motor Show, Volkswagen If you were watching the news out of Wörthersee last year, you may recall the Volkswagen Golf GTI Cabriolet concept pictured [...]

Followup: Chrysler, Clint Eastwood respond to criticism that Super Bowl ad was political

info@autoblog.com (Zach Bowman) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:28:00 +0100

Filed under: Etc., Government/Legal, Marketing/Advertising, Chrysler Chrysler has found itself in a bit of tangle with the company's Super Bowl ad featuring Clint Eastwood. In it, Eastwood speaks to [...]

Chevrolet Sonic // OK Go, A Desert, And Upended Pianos

email@fuelzine.com (James Gent) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:00:32 +0100

Most of you will probably have seen OK Go's video 'Here It Goes Again'. Spoiler alert for those of you who haven't, the band performs their song whilst dancing on treadmills. Bizarre, yes, but [...]

What is an Autoblogger?

thecaraddictblog@googlemail.com (The Car Addict) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:19:00 +0100

The Car Addict - Autoblog Hey Guys Maybe you already read about the "Blogger Auto Award 2012", maybe not. Maybe you liked it, maybe you dont know why we've done it or maybe you like [...]

The Ten Greatest Dyno Videos Of All Time Video

ray@jalopnik.com (Patrick Frawley) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:00:00 +0100

There's high-minded discussions about a motor's balance and drivability, and then there's the hedonistic glee of unearthly amounts of power and noise in short druglike bursts. These are [...]

Official: Nissan Invitation Concept peeks out ahead of Geneva debut w/video

info@autoblog.com (Zach Bowman) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:01:00 +0100

Filed under: Concept Cars, Budget, Geneva Motor Show, Europe, Technology, Hatchback, Nissan Nissan is headed to the Geneva Motor Show in March with a brand new hatchback concept. Called Invitation, [...]

Porsche 911 // Forever The Dream

email@fuelzine.com (James Gent) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:15:57 +0100

Crankandpiston recently spent some time with Porsche's new 911. Even though we spent many hours eating up the clicks on the road and pushing the 991 to its limits on-track, we just had to get some [...]

How to build a '48 Ford in One Month

ralf.becker@chromjuwelen.com (Ralf Becker) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:16:56 +0100

My brother and my dad are both gearheads. When Mike came home this summer, they spent almost the whole month finishing up an old project: a '48 Ford Pickup my brother got when he was 14. They finished [...]

Cool stuff I found among the rat rods at the 2012 Grand National Roadster Show

jbohjkl@yahoo.com (Jesse) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:59:00 +0100

the above is the coolest thing I found among the rat rods. Everything else was a distant second. Compliments and congrats to whoever did this! and down between the cool seats is Rat [...]

Chrysler's Clint Eastwood Super Bowl Spot Is The Best Political Ad Yet Video

ray@jalopnik.com (Ray Wert) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:19:00 +0100

Chrysler's newest "Imported From Detroit" ad — a campaign that started at last year's Super Bowl with an ad starring Eminem — stars Clint Eastwood in yet another pitch-perfect [...]

2012 Super Bowl Auto Ad Watch: All The Car Commercials Super Bowl

ray@jalopnik.com (Ray Wert) — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:30:00 +0100

Yeah, so, we just heard there's an actual football game that goes on in between all of those car commercials. Who knew? Our priority's always been in the right place — the car ads. [...]

Spy Shots: Mercedes-Benz CLS Shooting Brake snapped winter testing

info@autoblog.com (Jeremy Korzeniewski) — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:28:00 +0100

Filed under: Spy Photos, Performance, Wagon, Hatchback, Mercedes-Benz, Luxury Mercedes-Benz hasn't exactly been secretive about its desire to offer a five-door hatchback version of its ultra-stylish [...]

Officer Dan Says Don't Try Drifting At Home, Kids Video

ray@jalopnik.com (Patrick Frawley) — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:30:00 +0100

If you watched all the way through Icon's Motorcycle vs. Car Drift Battle 2 video we posted, you saw one of the cops take a nasty roll during the credits. Icon has thoughtfully brought us [...]

Official: Mercedes-Benz gets sketchy with Citan urban delivery van

info@autoblog.com (Noah Joseph) — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:31:00 +0100

Filed under: Minivan/Van, Work, Mercedes-Benz, Design/Style Though the Ford Transit Connect may be a niche player in the North American market, the small van market is big business in Europe. [...]

The Old Stove Factory in Nuremberg...

info@jalopyjournal.com (Jive-Bomber) — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:32:49 +0100

It just happens sometimes when your a real gearhead- You stumble into really cool places because people can tell your a nut for all things with wheels. It happened today to me in Nuremberg, Germany as [...]

Video: Watch as a Ferrari FF goes rallying in the snow

info@autoblog.com (Noah Joseph) — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:30:00 +0100

Filed under: Performance, Europe, Videos, Ferrari, Off-Road Ferrari has had its share of drivers who knew their way around a snowy rally course. Gilles Villeneuve, for example, was famous for the [...]

Which Group B Car Is More Legendary: Ford RS200 or Audi Sport Quattro? Video

ray@jalopnik.com (Mike Spinelli) — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:30:00 +0100

The nearly three-decades-old Ford RS200's byzantine all-wheel-drive system is like the modern Nissan GT-R's, only in reverse. The Audi Sport Quattro had ABS and self-locking diffs when [...]

2012 Grand National Roadster Show

info@hotrod.com (Hot Rod Magazine) — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:02:00 +0100

2012 Grand National Roadster ShowNow in its 63rd year the Grand National Roadster show in Pomona, CA is one the largest in the country with almost 1,000 cars and bikes in attendance.Now in its 63rd [...]

Video: Chevy turns to aliens to pitch Volt in Super Bowl ad

info@autoblog.com (Zach Bowman) — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:01:00 +0100

Filed under: Hybrid, Etc., Marketing/Advertising, Videos, Hatchback, Chevrolet, Electric Just when you thought you'd seen all the Super Bowl ads there were to see, Chevrolet is jumping in with a whole [...]

EVENT: GRAND NATIONAL ROADSTER SHOW - PT.1

rchong@ea.com (Larry Chen) — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:01:00 +0100

At this time of the year most of North America are putting chains on their tires or scraping ice off their windshields. However the folks in California were rolling their most impressive rod and [...]

Is Detroit America's Berlin? Video

ray@jalopnik.com (Mike Spinelli) — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:00:00 +0100

On its face, the city of Detroit looks like it's on its ass: Crime, a municipal crisis and urban architectural marvels gone fallow. And yet, beneath it all, the city's harboring a creative [...]